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Brideshead Revisited:The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
de Waugh, Evelyn
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Good
- Librería
-
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo (large). First American book club edition (true 1st American). Parts of this novel appeared in abbreviated form in Town and Country. Full red cloth, black stamped lettering to spine and title and device to front board. 351 pp. Bumping to spine ends and tail edge of front board, very small spots of wear to lower corners, damp stain to foot of front joint. Dust jacket chippted to corners and spine ends, damp stained at foot of front cover, small perforations to front joint and rear flap, 2 inch tear to front flap, 3/4 inch tear to front joint at foot, some light creasing and wear. Briefly, here is the story of the rich, the beautiful, and the damned Marchmains, as told by Captain Charles Ryder, who revisited their home, Brideshead, in the war years. It is the story of the exquisite, appealing Sebastian who drank to escape bondage to his ascetic mother; of Julia who defied church and family by her marriage; and of Ryder himself, drawn irresistably within the vortex of this extraordinary family. It is a story of the strain that faith may put on the different temperaments, of how thin its thread may be for some, and of how strong it is in the lives of others.
Sinopsis
Author Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder during the handful of months following a minor parachute accident. Loosely based on Waugh’s own experiences as a student at Oxford University, the novel tells the story of Charles Ryder, a young man at Oxford who is captivated by an eccentric classmate named Sebastian Flyte and his very wealthy, Catholic family. The first half of the book is filled with teachings of beauty, booze, and witty conversation; in the second half, every one grows up and things all apart. Told in flashbacks from the days of WWII, Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures that wartime austerities denied him. While many critics believe that Waugh’s intention was to present Catholicism positively and reflect his own reasons for converting to it, many interpret the novel in the opposite light, believing that religion actually brings about the ruin of every character in the story. Brideshead Revisited is ranked 45th on BBC’s “The Big Read” survey and 80th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. It is also included in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923) as well as Newsweek’s list of the 100 best books of world literature.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004583
- Título
- Brideshead Revisited:The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
- Autor
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Little, Brown and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1945
- Palabras clave
- Fiction, Novel, Evelyn Waugh
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
Sobre Minotavros Books
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- 12mo
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
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